Chapter 1
The time before people developed writing.
What is Pre-History?
Means of food and transport for Egypt.
What is the Nile?
Origin of the name "Palestine".
What is Philistine?
This Greek City State had a focus on military.
What is Sparta?
Rule by the people.
What is Democracy?
People who travel from place to place for resources.
What is a Nomad?
Word for a leader meaning, "Great house of the king."
What is Pharaoh?
Alphabet consisting of 22 letters, all consonants.
What is the Phoenician Alphabet?
This battle became a popular film.
What is the battle of Thermopylae. (Salamis)?
Rule by a small elite group.
What is Oligarchy?
Someone who specializes in a particular craft.
What is an Artisan?
Twin Rivers in the Fertile Crescent.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
Israel divided into these two nations.
What is Israel and Judah?
Two major Greek city states fought in this war.
What is the Peloponnesian war?
A rich, powerful member of Greek society.
What is an Aristocrat?
How ruling figures maintained power.
What is religion?
Ancient Civilization centered on Dynasties.
What is Ancient China?
The Persians lost war with this nation.
What is Greece?
Important Greek tactician.
Who is Themistocles?
The basic Greek political unit.
What is the Polis?
Stories detailing how things came into being.
What are myths?
The idea of divine rule
What is Mandate of Heaven?
Important and prominent Persian King.
Who is Darius I?
First Greek Tyrant.
Who is Draco?
Leader of the city state. Has complete control.
What is a Tyrant?